The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-09-24
THE BOARD.
Last Session of the September Meeting. -
More Coal and Gas.

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week The committee to settle with the
sheriff reported Report adopted.
The finance committee reported that, L
raise the funds necessary to meet the cur
rent expenses of the county, tax levy o.
4oc on 500 would be necessary. Supervise,
Griffin said he thought the rate too high h,
thought the Board should get along with {
smaller expenditure, Supervisor Gibbs sale
that an assessment of less would not NEE
the requirements that SOC on 800 woulc
make deficit of $4,000. On motion, tn,
report of the finance committee was adopted
Then came great deal more
| COAL.
The question of who should pay for tn,
coal used by the sheriff for culinary purpose.
was called up as a special order, in pursu
ance of Fridays vote. Supervisor Norton
rose and held forth at considerable length
upon the extravaganza and unfairness of tn,
county's paying for the sheriff fuel. II,
said that it was an outrage, and that there
was no excuse for it, except the secret agree
ment between the finance committee and the
sheriff. He protested violently.
Supervisor Griffin said that he did not
know of n member Of the Board whose mo.
tives and whose honesty had not been as.
sailed by the gentleman from Earl; that he,
for his part, had always attributed honest
motives to erery member, even TO the gentle
man from Earl. (Applause,) lie saw nc
reason for supposing that the salary commit.
tee had been anything but honest, and he
hoped that whichever way the Board chose
to decide the coal matter, there would be no
more foolish accusations of crook edness and
dishonesty.
Supervisor Lewis seconded the remarks of
the gentleman from Utica. lie said that the
gentleman from Earl was just making a rash
bid for popularity and reelection, by oppos.
ing every advance and abusing every gentle
Eaan on the Board He wa ted to see fair
discussion and decision Of the question, with
all personal abuse left out He was himself
in favor of the county paying the sheritf's
coal bill.
Supervisor Armstrong made a hot speech,
in which he rather favored Norton's side off
the question: and came down rather heavily
on Mr. Lewis.
Supervisor Fischer then arose, and he
rent for Doc Norton. He said that the gen
t!eman from Earl was pettifogger at home,
was trying to secure a reelection by making
himself nuisance to the Board, and was,
indeed. in Mr.. Fischer's opinion, no good
anyway. He (Fischer) was for paying for
the coal. He felt sure there had been no
secret agreement. The Board had cut down
the sheritf's salary $500, in view of furnish
ing him with a residence, fuel and light, and
they ought to do it. Then he lit on Norton
again: He vas elected by Republican
votes !" exclaimed the gentleman from Men
dota, "undt ven dose supplements comes
oud he will take one und 20 aroundt and
show his Republican friends how he voted
for economy
Supervisor Fades also went for the gentle.
man from Earl He said that there had been
no secret, no dishonesty, no fraud. He
thought that the gentleman from Earl showed
very poor economy when he kicked on bill
Of few dollars, and in doing so took up
lot of The time of the Board, at $40 a day
to far more than the bills in con-
Test. He was in favor of paying for the
sheriff s coal, and shutting up the gentleman
from Earl.
p Supervisor Green agreed with the gentle
men who had preceded him.
Supervisor Gibbs didn't think anybody
dishonest but he wanted to have the resolu-
ion passed, as layed over from yesterday
the sheriff to pay his own coal
bill. The resolution was then put to an aye
md no vote, and lost by vote of II to 81.
Supervisor Griffin wanted to know if this
ettled the matter in the mind of Mr.. Norton
Doc. wanted the other, the first, resolution
out to vote, which was done This had the
opposite wording, and was carried by an aye
Ind no vote of 90 to g. Then everybody
bought Doc. would subside, but he didn't
lie then moved that the fee of the sheriff for
Letting prisoners be reduced from so to 30
u.s. per diem. This was lost by an aye and
10 vote of to 81.
The committee to settle with the county
reasurer then reported, including in their
eport very neat compliment to James Nc
lanus for the perfect condition of his &C.
cunts as treasurer. Report accepted.
On motion, it was voted that when the
oard adjourn, it adjourn to the second Mon.
ay in December
On motion, a standing committee of three
as created to look after the grave of Will
am Reddick, deceased, and to keep it in
roper repair.
On motion of Mr. Fischer, the sheriff's